Karen Davila to Suntay: “Please keep your sick thoughts to yourself”

During a March 3 hearing, ironically at the onset of Women’s Month—Quezon City Rep. Bong Suntay decided to share a personal anecdote.

He recounted a moment at a mall where he saw actress Anne Curtis. “May desire sa loob ko na nag-init talaga,” Suntay said. “Na-imagine ko na lang kung ano ang pwedeng mangyari… Hindi naman siguro ako pwedeng kasuhan dahil kung anu-ano ‘yung na-imagine ko.”

The backlash was swift, but few responses were as piercing and principled as that of veteran broadcast journalist Karen Davila.

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Taking to social media and her platform on TV Patrol, Davila didn’t just call for the remarks to be stricken from the record—she called for a fundamental shift in culture. Her words were a stinging rebuke to the lawmaker:

“A congressman. A representative of the people. Paid by the people. A husband, a father with daughters.

Without the consciousness, knowledge or decency of how women should be talked about. Please keep your sick thoughts to yourself.

More than striking his comments off the record, he should apologize.

Women’s Month pa talaga”

A congressman. A representative of the people. Paid by the people. A husband, a father with daughters.

Without the consciousness, knowledge or decency of how women should be talked about. Please keep your sick thoughts to yourself.

More than striking his comments off the… pic.twitter.com/JBW1kYPU4Q

— Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila) March 3, 2026

Karen’s response cut through this noise. By labeling these as “sick thoughts,” she stripped away the veneer of the “harmless joke.” She reminded the public that a public official’s imagination is not public property, nor is it a legislative tool.

Karen’s stand is a reminder that dignity is not negotiable. When we tell public officials to keep their “sick thoughts” to themselves, we aren’t just defending one actress; we are defending the right of every woman to walk into a room—or a mall—without being “imagined” into a scenario she never asked for.

(Photo source: Instagram – Bong Suntay / Karen Davila)

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